Melbourne Cup
How housing, hope and, yes, even horses have shaped this suburb
It’s home to Australia’s most famous racecourse, but there is so much more to Flemington.
- Sophie Aubrey
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He didn’t die wondering: A brother’s tribute to Cup-winning trainer
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney was farewelled at a Flemington memorial service on Tuesday.
- Danny Russell
Payne family mourns the loss of their sister, daughter
Bernadette Payne, a member of Victoria’s best-known racing families, has died at 51.
- Danny Russell
Flemington needed $35m to survive COVID. Now it says it makes the country $1b
The Victorian Racing Club says the Melbourne Cup is a huge money-spinner for the economy, despite the club operating at a loss.
- Danny Russell
‘You left us too soon’: Popular Melbourne Cup-winning trainer dies
The Flemington-based trainer became instantly recognisable around the world after his stayer Brew captured the 2000 Melbourne Cup.
- Danny Russell
Do they mean us? Secretive church launches website to counter ‘media misinformation’
Recent coverage seems to have stung members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, once known as the Exclusive Brethren.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
AFL backs grand final umpire’s role with Sportsbet horse racing show
Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello believes it’s highly inappropriate for an AFL field umpire to be on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analyst.
- Scott Spits
Trainers deny they owe $500,000 to company at the centre of Cup prizemoney fight
Esprit Racing was sent into liquidation this week, almost two months after the trainers’ $464,000 cut of last year’s Melbourne Cup prizemoney was paid into the company’s account by Racing Victoria.
- Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert
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- Horse racing
From fairytale finish to bureaucratic bungle: Legal fight over Melbourne Cup prizemoney
Three months have passed since 80-1 winner Knight’s Choice won the Cup, but trainers Sheila Laxon and John Symons are still waiting to be paid their share of the prizemoney.
- Danny Russell and Sarah Danckert
Higher, faster, stronger ... smarter? Test your knowledge in the 2024 year in sport quiz
From the Demon, to Gout Gout, Oscar Piastri and Raygun, 2024 was a massive year in the world of sport. How closely have you been following events? Take our quiz to find out.
- Greg Dundas
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